Findings support the contention that fear of dingoes can sometimes affect the timing of activity of feral cats. However, cats showed little spatial avoidance of dingoes at a coarse scale. Control of dingoes should not be abandoned at the site, because the potential moderate benefits of reduced cat activity for this endangered and geographically restricted wallaby may not outweigh the detrimental effects of dingo predation.

Models:

Model selection and Frequentist.

Reviewer:

Aaron Greenville

Locations:

Taunton National Park(11 626 ha) in central Queensland

Response variable :

index of abundance, mean time

Replication:

41 cameras

Ecosystem:

Arid zone

Full Reference:

Wang Y. & Fisher D. O. (2012) Dingoes affect activity of feral cats, but do not exclude them from the habitat of an endangered macropod. Wildlife Research 39, 611-20.